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Evaluate an AI Agent on a Local LLM: Free, No API Key (2026)

Evaluate an AI agent on a local LLM for free — build a tiny Pydantic AI agent on Ollama and score it with pydantic-evals, agent and judge both local, no API key.

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BeginnerBest Local LLM for Your Laptop in 2026: Free and PrivateFind the best local LLM for your laptop — matched to 8, 16 or 32 GB of RAM — and run it free with LM Studio or Ollama. No API bills, fully private.7 min BeginnerClaude Code MCP with Local Models: A Private Agent StackClaude Code MCP on a free local stack: add servers with one command, pick tool-capable Ollama models, set scopes right, and dodge the privacy trap.5 min BeginnerFree Local AI Coding Assistant in VS Code (2026 Setup)Set up a free local AI coding assistant in VS Code with Continue and Ollama: the right Qwen coder models for your RAM, plus chat, edits and autocomplete.5 min BeginnerLocal RAG: Chat With Your Documents 100% Privately (2026)Set up local RAG and chat with your documents fully offline: Open WebUI knowledge bases for the no-code path, plus a tiny Python pipeline with Ollama.5 min BeginnerRun Claude Code for Free: What Viral Videos Don't Tell YouThose viral videos about running Claude Code for free are half true. What is actually free, what costs money, and three real setups that work in 2026.6 min

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